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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Friern Barnet 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 4.
ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH
| CAUSE OF DEATH | AT AGES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and Over | ||
| Accident. | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Bronchitis. | 2 | — | — | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| Cancer. | - | - | 2 | 27 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| Diseases of heart and circulatory system. | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 63 | 140 | |
| Gastro-enteritis. | 2 | — | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Leukaemia. | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||
| Misadventure. | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | - | |||
| Other defined diseases. | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | |
| Pneumonia. | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 20 | 29 | ||||
| Prematurity. | 9 | — | — | - | - | - | ||||
| Senility. | - | - | — | 3 | ||||||
| Suicide. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Tuberculosis(Resp) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| TOTALS | 16 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 91 | 120 | 222 | |
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